My Story

Hi, I’m John and I started stuttering, as far as I can remember, at about age 9. That was 30 years ago.

Like most who stutter, I have gone through times where it felt like it was taking over my life to times where I barely noticed it was there.

I know what it’s like. Growing up with a stutter, hard. Being a teenager with a stutter, harder. Botching a job interview, a job I really needed, because I couldn’t even get one fluent sentence out, really hard.

My aim with this group is to be able to create a space where these sorts of stories are shared, shared by and between people who understand. A place where people who stutter can unpack things a bit, can feel not quite so alien in the world. My hope is that through sharing, listening, and mutual support, some of the weight a stutter imposes can be lifted.

One on One Sessions

After 30 years of stuttering, I happened to stumble upon a remarkably effective treatment. Specifically, I found that through balancing my brain chemistry (via natural means), I was able to reduce my stuttering by 80%-90% (some days it’s 100%).

What I have found over my several years of working with this is that it is tricky. It is a very newly-emerging area of research, and managing brain chemistry can be quite complex. Additionally, in sharing what has worked for me with others, I have found that this specific approach requires some amount of tweaking to find the optimal means of balancing one’s own, unique, brain chemistry.

I have begin working with people, one-on-one, to help them explore how a similar approach might help them with their stuttering goals. If you are interested in learning more, the site for my one-on-one work is located at: http://stuttering.support.

Please feel free to contact me about this if you are interested. I do not bring up one-on-one work during our support group sessions.

Contact

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